The auctions for the seventh week of The $10,000 Garage Sale eBay Challenge ended last Sunday evening. There were thirty-one Challenge items listed and twelve of them sold for a total of $355.65. The sell-through rate was 39%.
At first glance neither of those figures is very attractive. However, since eighteen of the thirty-one items were re-lists, I’ll take those results and move on. Ten of the thirteen new items sold, so my sell-through rate for new items was 77% which is perfectly acceptable.
After seven weeks of the Challenge, here’s how I sit. Note that I’ve added an additional column to the chart beginning this week so a running total is included.
| Ended | Sold | Cost | List Fees | FV Fees | PayPal Fees | Incid. Fees | Miles | Net Profit | Total |
| 5/13 | $405.62 | $61.15 | $24.10 | $17.82 | $17.40 | $0.00 | $29.39 | $255.74 | $255.74 |
| 5/ 20 | $135.88 | $12.50 | $13.10 | $7.03 | $4.99 | $0.00 | $39.27 | $58.99 | $314.73 |
| 5/ 27 | $579.76 | $47.05 | $35.85 | $26.39 | $18.54 | $0.00 | $57.72 | $395.31 | $710.04 |
| 6/3 | $500.79 | $36.60 | $19.75 | $21.29 | ‘$20.52 | $0.00 | $21.83 | $380.80 | $1090.84 |
| 6/10 |
No Auctions This Week |
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| 6/17 | $895.83 | $88.75 | $45.00 | $38.10 | $38.82 | $0.00 | $45.08 | $640.00 | $1730.92 |
| 6/24 | 355.65 | $27.55 | $23.25 | $13.81 | $9.03 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $282.01 | $2012.93 |
| 7/1 | $69.40 | $23.65 | $36.48 | ||||||
As mentioned last week, there is no mileage expense shown for week seven because all the items listed last week were either re-lists or items I’d purchased the previous week but hadn’t had time to list before leaving on vacation.
My listing fees for the current auctions are also somewhat high because I messed up listed several items in two categories. I need to start paying more attention to what I’m doing I guess.
The Challenge auctions for week eight consist of twenty-nine items. Here’s what they are and what I paid for them:
- 2 O&EG Royal Austria salt dips - $1.00
- Lauraine Snelling Secret Refuge series - $.75
- Lauraine Snelling Dakotah Treasures series - $1.00
- Lauraine Snelling Return To Red River series - $.75
- Angel Song - $1.00
- Breeding Management & Foal Development - $.25
- Franklin Mint David Copperfield - $1.00
- Franklin Mint Pride & Prejudice - $1.00
- Franklin Mint The Magic Mountain - $1.00
- Franklin Mint Vanity Fair - $1.00
- GAF Talking View Master - $2.00
- GAF View Master Projector - $2.00
- Pampered Chef Consultant’s Tote - $5.00
- Lego Unitron Monorail Transport Base Space Set - $5.00
- 23 Help Me Be Good Books - $2.30
- 24 Ready Set Go Books - $2.40
- 8 A Beka 1st Grade Readers - $.80
- Red Coleman Lantern - $2.00
- Shawnee Tom The Piper’s Son teapot bottom - $.10
- The Art Of Machine Piecing - $1.00
- 3 volumes of The Edge Chronicles - $.75
- The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air season 1 DVDs = $1.00
- Ben Cooper Ghost Halloween Costume - $1.00
- Orange Crush Advertising Thermometer - $5.00
- Polaroid Auto 103 Camera - $2.00
- Walsh County Heritage books - $2.00
- Writing Strands - $.25
- Lighted Smoking Stand - $25.00
- 23 Take A Trip books - $2.30
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June 27th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Gary,
That Orange Crush Thermometer is SUPER KILLER and to find one in that condition for $5 is proof there are still wonderful treasures to be found!!!
BTW — That lighted smoking stand is pretty sweet too!!
June 27th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Stephen,
At the same garage sale I bought both of those at, I had a chance to buy a Bonny-Oak cast iron wood burning stove for $20.00 also.
I probably should have bought it, but it would have needed a complete re-finish, chrome and all. Then I started thinking about how much those things weigh and I decided to leave it for someone else.
Gary